Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK632 |
Markings | SE-M |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 20. B. 7.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 233 |
Service Number | 1653106 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Addison D G (Sgt) |
Burge W F (F/S) |
Gilchrist W C (Sgt) |
Nickerson W J (WO2) |
Paul B C (Sgt) |
Potts J W (F/O) |
Start Date | 18-11-1943 |
End Date | 19-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Mannheim. 395 aircraft, 23 losses (5.8%). This was one of the larger diversionary raids and accounts for the high losses. By comparison, the main raid (On Berlin) registered 2.0% losses. There was cloud cover over the target and bombing was scattered as a result. Most of the damage fell to the north of the town, where the Daimler Benz car plant suffered a 90% loss in production as a result. 21 deaths on the ground and 7500 people were bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hohen-Sülzen, WSW of Worms, Germany |